1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:04,310 Speaker: is there anything, is there anything that you would 2 00:00:04,449 --> 00:00:07,180 sell everything you own to have? 3 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:10,829 Is there anything that you would sell everything you own? 4 00:00:10,869 --> 00:00:14,739 Like, imagine that process of selling everything you own. 5 00:00:15,410 --> 00:00:17,119 Like, you, you go through your closet. 6 00:00:17,119 --> 00:00:20,160 You're like, "Nope, I, I don't need these, I don't need these shirts. 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:21,070 I don't need these pants." 8 00:00:21,750 --> 00:00:22,489 You go to your room. 9 00:00:22,489 --> 00:00:25,129 You're like, "I don't need, I don't need anything that's on the wall. 10 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,090 I don't need my bed. 11 00:00:26,469 --> 00:00:27,040 I don't need..." 12 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:28,800 You know, your phone. 13 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:29,119 Right? 14 00:00:29,119 --> 00:00:29,390 You don't... 15 00:00:29,430 --> 00:00:30,259 I don't need my phone. 16 00:00:30,379 --> 00:00:31,919 Maybe if you have a car, "I don't need my car." 17 00:00:31,919 --> 00:00:37,669 You're saying, "I would sell all this so I have enough money to buy whatever it is." 18 00:00:38,190 --> 00:00:38,400 Right? 19 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,169 Maybe you have an e-bike or a video game console or whatever. 20 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,489 Is there anything in the world that you'd be like, "You know what? 21 00:00:45,099 --> 00:00:49,339 I would, I would be okay if I sold everything so I could have this." 22 00:00:49,339 --> 00:00:50,360 Maybe it's not a thing you could buy. 23 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,909 Maybe it's you wish you could look a certain way or be good at something 24 00:00:53,909 --> 00:00:56,250 or be able to experience something. 25 00:00:56,419 --> 00:01:01,489 But is there anything in the world that you would sell everything to buy? 26 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:07,650 That's such an interesting thing to think about because Jesus says that responding 27 00:01:07,650 --> 00:01:10,809 to the gospel well is like that. 28 00:01:11,330 --> 00:01:15,419 It's like finding something that you would sell everything you own. 29 00:01:15,739 --> 00:01:16,839 Like, just think about the things in your room. 30 00:01:17,408 --> 00:01:20,120 Like, all of that, I would trade it for this. 31 00:01:21,529 --> 00:01:22,779 That's what Jesus says is a... 32 00:01:23,059 --> 00:01:25,500 That's how, what it's like to respond to the gospel well. 33 00:01:25,690 --> 00:01:27,169 That's a good response to the gospel. 34 00:01:27,979 --> 00:01:30,320 So two weeks ago when Pastor PJ was here, he talked about, like, 35 00:01:30,470 --> 00:01:32,479 how shallow faith is, right? 36 00:01:32,479 --> 00:01:33,809 A bad response to the gospel. 37 00:01:34,580 --> 00:01:37,419 We're gonna talk about a good response to the gospel. 38 00:01:37,419 --> 00:01:40,509 What does the right response to the gospel actually look like? 39 00:01:40,509 --> 00:01:43,098 So we're gonna be in Matthew 13, Matthew chapter 13. 40 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,359 So right in the Bible, right, big numbers, 13, that's the chapter, and 41 00:01:46,359 --> 00:01:49,299 then verses, small numbers, right, this 44 is where we're gonna be. 42 00:01:49,729 --> 00:01:52,378 Matthew 13:44, okay? 43 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:57,289 So this is actually Jesus' shortest parable, by the way. 44 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:58,560 Matthew 13:44. 45 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,780 He says, "The kingdom of heaven." 46 00:01:59,959 --> 00:02:00,159 Right? 47 00:02:00,159 --> 00:02:01,739 So, um, the kingdom of heaven. 48 00:02:01,739 --> 00:02:04,680 That's what the, the gospel is about. 49 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:05,510 It's about the kingdom of heaven. 50 00:02:05,879 --> 00:02:09,949 "It's like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up." 51 00:02:10,009 --> 00:02:11,790 So this guy, he's out, he's in a field. 52 00:02:11,999 --> 00:02:14,370 He finds treasure, and he's like, "Oh, okay. 53 00:02:14,670 --> 00:02:15,760 I'm gonna cover up the treasure." 54 00:02:16,109 --> 00:02:20,310 And then in his joy, he goes and he sells everything he has so that he can buy 55 00:02:20,310 --> 00:02:21,219 the field so he can have the treasure. 56 00:02:21,570 --> 00:02:21,730 Right? 57 00:02:21,730 --> 00:02:24,870 Because if he tells someone, "Hey, I found this treasure in the 58 00:02:24,870 --> 00:02:26,049 field," guess who gets the treasure? 59 00:02:27,099 --> 00:02:28,139 The owner of the field, not him. 60 00:02:28,450 --> 00:02:28,570 Right? 61 00:02:28,570 --> 00:02:29,680 So he's like, "Oh, I'm gonna buy it." 62 00:02:30,339 --> 00:02:30,429 Right? 63 00:02:30,429 --> 00:02:33,769 Imagine if, uh, I was actually looking up this recently. 64 00:02:33,769 --> 00:02:38,149 There's, like, if you found buried treasure, like from, um, you 65 00:02:38,149 --> 00:02:42,139 know, like the, from like the, the stagecoach, like, bandit people, right? 66 00:02:42,139 --> 00:02:46,659 There's, so there's a rumor that apparently around in Denton, um, that 67 00:02:46,659 --> 00:02:56,450 this cowboy bandit, um, he, in like 1870, stole 60,000 gold coins, and apparently 68 00:02:56,450 --> 00:03:00,460 most of them are buried somewhere, and he died, and no one knows where it is. 69 00:03:00,899 --> 00:03:04,119 Um, and people have found gold coins in this area, and each one of 70 00:03:04,119 --> 00:03:07,920 these coins is worth, like, $5,000. 71 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:15,380 So 60,000 of these coins would be, like, millions of dollars. 72 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,740 So it's like this legend. 73 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:19,299 So it's kinda like that. 74 00:03:19,299 --> 00:03:21,299 Imagine if you were like, "Whoa, I, I found this." 75 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:26,369 Uh, and then you found it, and it was, like, someone's field, right? 76 00:03:27,909 --> 00:03:29,380 And you're like, "Well, I'm not... 77 00:03:29,380 --> 00:03:31,819 I'm gonna go ask them, 'Hey, can I buy your field?'" 78 00:03:32,409 --> 00:03:35,009 And maybe they say, "Okay, you wanna buy my, you wanna buy my land? 79 00:03:35,009 --> 00:03:36,310 It's worth $5 million." 80 00:03:38,819 --> 00:03:43,049 Would you buy the $5 million land to get the $300 million treasure? 81 00:03:44,579 --> 00:03:45,399 You would, right? 82 00:03:45,399 --> 00:03:46,029 You totally would. 83 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:49,668 Even if you went into debt $5 million, you'd be like, "Yeah, I'll, I'll take 84 00:03:49,668 --> 00:03:53,739 the $5 million loan, and I'll go buy the $300 million treasure," right? 85 00:03:55,209 --> 00:03:56,179 That's what's happening here. 86 00:03:56,259 --> 00:03:58,670 This dude, he says, "Hey, I found this treasure. 87 00:03:59,070 --> 00:04:00,199 It's hidden, it's in a field." 88 00:04:00,509 --> 00:04:02,879 And so he's like, "I'm gonna sell everything, because guess what? 89 00:04:03,339 --> 00:04:05,150 What I'm getting, way better. 90 00:04:05,830 --> 00:04:09,539 What I'm getting is so much better than anything I could give up." 91 00:04:10,679 --> 00:04:12,970 And then Jesus says something similar the very next verse, verse 45. 92 00:04:12,970 --> 00:04:15,170 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant. 93 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:16,720 He's searching for fine pearls." 94 00:04:16,999 --> 00:04:20,170 And he finds one that's the best pearl out there, right? 95 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:24,519 Of great value, and so he went, and he sold everything he had so he could buy it. 96 00:04:25,010 --> 00:04:28,780 Because what he's saying is, "If I sell everything, guess what? 97 00:04:29,729 --> 00:04:31,710 This pearl is worth more than everything." 98 00:04:32,519 --> 00:04:32,810 Right? 99 00:04:32,810 --> 00:04:35,370 So and it's actually a, when you think about it, it's a, 100 00:04:35,370 --> 00:04:36,789 it's a good trade, right? 101 00:04:37,289 --> 00:04:40,260 Just like buying the $5 million field to get the 300 million treasure. 102 00:04:40,359 --> 00:04:41,089 Like, that's great. 103 00:04:41,089 --> 00:04:42,339 That's actually good business, right? 104 00:04:42,339 --> 00:04:42,920 That's good math. 105 00:04:43,310 --> 00:04:43,969 That works well. 106 00:04:45,659 --> 00:04:50,000 And so what we're gonna see is we're gonna see three, three things, three kind of 107 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,960 aspects of a good response to the gospel. 108 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,680 Jesus is saying, "A good response to the gospel is being like one of these people." 109 00:04:56,149 --> 00:04:59,299 I'm gonna give up everything so I can have this awesome thing. 110 00:05:00,740 --> 00:05:04,070 And the first one that I want you to see is, see the commitment here. 111 00:05:04,769 --> 00:05:04,860 Right? 112 00:05:04,860 --> 00:05:06,740 Both of these people, what do they have in common, the merchant 113 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:07,780 and the guy buying the field? 114 00:05:08,119 --> 00:05:09,759 They sold everything. 115 00:05:10,879 --> 00:05:11,110 Right? 116 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:12,589 They didn't sell some of their things. 117 00:05:13,060 --> 00:05:14,589 They didn't sell most of their things. 118 00:05:14,930 --> 00:05:16,680 They didn't sell the things they kinda didn't want. 119 00:05:17,659 --> 00:05:20,960 They sold everything so they could get this. 120 00:05:22,110 --> 00:05:26,560 What Jesus is saying is the, the person making the decision 121 00:05:27,369 --> 00:05:29,000 has to, they have to do it. 122 00:05:29,499 --> 00:05:30,189 They have to commit. 123 00:05:31,159 --> 00:05:32,069 They have to go all in. 124 00:05:33,419 --> 00:05:36,249 They're not just saying, "Well, maybe I'll, I'll sell some of my stuff that 125 00:05:36,249 --> 00:05:37,789 I don't want and I'll, I'll get..." 126 00:05:37,789 --> 00:05:38,760 This happens sometimes. 127 00:05:39,189 --> 00:05:42,499 I'm in the, I'm in the fantasy baseball league with the high school boys, and, 128 00:05:42,499 --> 00:05:44,720 uh, sometimes you get a trade offer and you're like, "All right, dude, 129 00:05:44,959 --> 00:05:46,659 you really don't want my players. 130 00:05:46,940 --> 00:05:49,379 'Cause if you wanted my players, you would offer good players. 131 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:52,489 But instead, you're offering me, like, your worst player off your bench, 132 00:05:52,749 --> 00:05:55,819 you're offering me your backup second baseman," and you're like, "Okay, I... 133 00:05:55,919 --> 00:05:57,229 You really don't want this," right? 134 00:05:57,229 --> 00:05:57,870 It's gonna get hot. 135 00:06:00,389 --> 00:06:02,069 If you really wanted it, you would offer your... 136 00:06:02,069 --> 00:06:03,319 You'd give your best offer, right? 137 00:06:03,319 --> 00:06:03,929 You would say, "Here's my... 138 00:06:03,929 --> 00:06:05,539 Here's m- here's, here's the good offer. 139 00:06:05,729 --> 00:06:06,280 This is what... 140 00:06:06,629 --> 00:06:07,709 This, I really want your guy. 141 00:06:07,709 --> 00:06:08,730 Here's what I'm gonna offer you." 142 00:06:09,550 --> 00:06:13,579 So what's happening here is he's saying there's no going in halfway. 143 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,029 A good response to the gospel isn't half-hearted. 144 00:06:17,609 --> 00:06:20,929 A good response to the gospel isn't saying, "Jesus, I kinda trust you, 145 00:06:21,220 --> 00:06:24,439 but let me see how it goes for a bit, and then I'll really trust you." 146 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:30,330 A good response to the gospel isn't saying, "Jesus, I, I know that you 147 00:06:30,330 --> 00:06:34,369 say some good things, and I like some of the things you say, but I don't 148 00:06:34,369 --> 00:06:36,360 know about all the things you say." 149 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,390 Or, "I agree with most of what the Bible says, but I'm not 150 00:06:40,390 --> 00:06:42,209 sure about this one part." 151 00:06:43,090 --> 00:06:47,619 Or, "I, I like Jesus, but I don't like church," or, "I like church, 152 00:06:47,619 --> 00:06:50,919 but I don't like Jesus," or, "I like some church people, but I 153 00:06:50,919 --> 00:06:52,149 don't like the Bible," right? 154 00:06:52,149 --> 00:06:56,279 There's no, you know, dividing it up, right? 155 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:57,200 It's a all or nothing. 156 00:06:58,489 --> 00:07:03,160 So the first respon- or first part, I guess, of what responding to the gospel 157 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,059 look like is, uh, no backup plans. 158 00:07:05,409 --> 00:07:06,190 No backup plans, right? 159 00:07:06,190 --> 00:07:09,959 This guy doesn't have any hidden reserve of money. 160 00:07:09,959 --> 00:07:11,360 He's selling everything, right? 161 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:12,580 Savings account, gone. 162 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:14,549 Checking account, gone. 163 00:07:15,529 --> 00:07:15,790 Right? 164 00:07:15,790 --> 00:07:18,000 Maxed out the credit card, sold his car, right? 165 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:18,690 Everything's gone. 166 00:07:18,690 --> 00:07:20,860 He doesn't have any ... 401, empty, right? 167 00:07:20,860 --> 00:07:22,049 He has, he's got nothing left. 168 00:07:22,190 --> 00:07:23,529 Everything is on the table. 169 00:07:24,589 --> 00:07:29,269 He's not saying, "Well, just in case it doesn't work, here's my, my secret 170 00:07:29,269 --> 00:07:30,699 stash of money that I'm saving up." 171 00:07:34,329 --> 00:07:40,099 Um, recently I played this game, um, with fake money, and 172 00:07:40,099 --> 00:07:41,639 it's a, it's a gambling game. 173 00:07:41,919 --> 00:07:44,969 I played it with a, at men's retreat actually, and it's, 174 00:07:44,969 --> 00:07:46,799 uh, it's called Camel Up, okay? 175 00:07:47,379 --> 00:07:48,700 Um, it's called Camel Up. 176 00:07:49,179 --> 00:07:53,030 And, um, it was, it was Clay's first time playing actually. 177 00:07:53,030 --> 00:07:53,700 We were playing with Clay. 178 00:07:53,700 --> 00:07:54,620 His first time playing. 179 00:07:55,079 --> 00:07:59,149 And, um, Clay's strategy wa- So essentially the way this game 180 00:07:59,149 --> 00:08:01,659 works is, uh, there's a bunch of camels on a racetrack, and you're, 181 00:08:01,780 --> 00:08:04,589 you're betting your fake money on the camels to see which one wins. 182 00:08:04,870 --> 00:08:05,169 All right? 183 00:08:05,629 --> 00:08:07,919 And, um, if you choose wisely, you win. 184 00:08:07,919 --> 00:08:09,849 If you choose poorly, you don't. 185 00:08:10,469 --> 00:08:15,370 And Clay's strategy was to go all in on, like, every camel. 186 00:08:16,770 --> 00:08:19,180 All his money on every camel finishing first. 187 00:08:20,289 --> 00:08:24,844 And after the first game- Clay had twice as much money as the rest of us. 188 00:08:26,064 --> 00:08:29,215 Now, I don't know if he got that money legally or... 189 00:08:29,215 --> 00:08:31,564 'Cause it was his first time playing, so we didn't know if he was just 190 00:08:31,564 --> 00:08:32,844 taking money he wasn't supposed to. 191 00:08:33,254 --> 00:08:34,274 Uh, we're still not sure. 192 00:08:34,575 --> 00:08:34,825 Right? 193 00:08:34,825 --> 00:08:35,424 Bryce was there. 194 00:08:35,424 --> 00:08:36,624 We're still not sure what happened. 195 00:08:37,044 --> 00:08:41,075 Um, but Clay had twice as much money as the second place 196 00:08:41,075 --> 00:08:44,085 person, so it worked, right? 197 00:08:44,335 --> 00:08:46,835 Clay went all in on the camels, right? 198 00:08:46,835 --> 00:08:49,034 He was like, the blue camel, first place. 199 00:08:49,384 --> 00:08:50,745 Green camel, first place. 200 00:08:51,984 --> 00:08:53,304 Everything, first place, right? 201 00:08:53,304 --> 00:08:55,725 He just bet on every camel, and he won. 202 00:08:56,225 --> 00:08:56,575 Right? 203 00:08:56,854 --> 00:08:57,284 Um, 204 00:08:59,814 --> 00:09:02,064 when you're following Jesus, there's not a... 205 00:09:02,294 --> 00:09:04,124 You can't, you can't go half-hearted, right? 206 00:09:04,124 --> 00:09:07,325 You can't say, "Well, I'm gonna put some of my money on Jesus and 207 00:09:07,325 --> 00:09:10,174 some of my money on myself," right? 208 00:09:10,554 --> 00:09:13,044 I'm not gonna put some of my money on Jesus to make me happy 209 00:09:13,504 --> 00:09:16,894 and some of my money on the world to make me happy, right? 210 00:09:17,284 --> 00:09:20,825 I'm not gonna give some of my heart to Jesus and some of my heart to the world. 211 00:09:20,925 --> 00:09:24,274 I'm not gonna give some of my heart to my sin and most of it to Jesus. 212 00:09:24,814 --> 00:09:27,474 I'm not gonna follow Jesus and hold onto some of my sin, right? 213 00:09:27,474 --> 00:09:30,854 There's no 90% Team Jesus, 10% Team Me. 214 00:09:31,725 --> 00:09:32,665 That's not how this works. 215 00:09:33,705 --> 00:09:35,804 It's 100% Team Jesus. 216 00:09:39,874 --> 00:09:43,664 And also, no one else can do it for you, right? 217 00:09:43,664 --> 00:09:46,264 This isn't, "Oh, well, my parents follow Jesus, so they can just 218 00:09:46,264 --> 00:09:47,874 kinda, kinda bring me along." 219 00:09:49,214 --> 00:09:49,405 Right? 220 00:09:49,405 --> 00:09:54,205 It's, you know, you have to give up everything to follow Jesus too, right? 221 00:09:54,304 --> 00:09:57,634 You have to sell everything for yourself, right? 222 00:09:57,755 --> 00:10:01,814 This guy didn't go say, "Hey, um, there's this treasure in the field. 223 00:10:01,814 --> 00:10:04,794 How about I sell half of my stuff, and I'm gonna get my best friend 224 00:10:04,794 --> 00:10:07,085 to sell half of my stuff, and we're gonna go in together on this Jesus 225 00:10:07,085 --> 00:10:08,364 thing in case it doesn't work out?" 226 00:10:09,925 --> 00:10:10,075 Right? 227 00:10:10,075 --> 00:10:13,214 There's y- y- your parents being Christians doesn't save you. 228 00:10:14,295 --> 00:10:16,904 Your parents going to church, your parents being pastors, whatever it 229 00:10:16,904 --> 00:10:19,095 is, that doesn't impact you, right? 230 00:10:20,964 --> 00:10:23,244 In terms of whether you're a Christian or not. 231 00:10:24,255 --> 00:10:25,854 And it happens to a lot of, a lot of people, right? 232 00:10:25,854 --> 00:10:26,575 You grew up in church. 233 00:10:26,575 --> 00:10:27,874 You say, "Oh, we do church things. 234 00:10:27,874 --> 00:10:28,624 I like church." 235 00:10:29,304 --> 00:10:32,654 And but you've never actually decided to follow Jesus yourself. 236 00:10:33,345 --> 00:10:36,444 You've just kinda been dragging along with your parents, right? 237 00:10:36,444 --> 00:10:40,514 Kinda like, um, Bryce was telling me, um, he was trying to save gas by, by 238 00:10:40,514 --> 00:10:43,305 drafting behind a, a big truck, right? 239 00:10:44,075 --> 00:10:44,954 Um, you ever... 240 00:10:44,954 --> 00:10:47,064 Or like think of like when you're in the water behind a boat, right? 241 00:10:47,064 --> 00:10:48,585 You can kinda float along in the current. 242 00:10:49,445 --> 00:10:49,615 Right? 243 00:10:49,615 --> 00:10:52,935 Sometimes that's what young people like you guys try to, try to do, 244 00:10:52,935 --> 00:10:55,704 not intentionally sometimes, but, "Oh, my parents are Christians. 245 00:10:55,704 --> 00:10:56,195 They go to church. 246 00:10:56,244 --> 00:10:56,814 I go to church. 247 00:10:57,075 --> 00:10:57,674 I like it. 248 00:10:57,774 --> 00:10:59,185 It doesn't bother my life. 249 00:10:59,975 --> 00:11:01,805 Nothing about it really offends me. 250 00:11:02,204 --> 00:11:05,024 So I'll just go along with it and see how it goes." 251 00:11:05,625 --> 00:11:05,755 Right? 252 00:11:05,755 --> 00:11:07,265 That's not what following Jesus is like. 253 00:11:08,445 --> 00:11:08,564 Right? 254 00:11:08,564 --> 00:11:10,284 There's no, there's no backup plans. 255 00:11:10,284 --> 00:11:14,825 There's no, no going in, in halfsies with following Jesus. 256 00:11:15,354 --> 00:11:15,414 Right? 257 00:11:15,414 --> 00:11:17,975 It's a full 100% commitment. 258 00:11:20,779 --> 00:11:24,749 So the second thing I wanna show you is in the second part, second parable. 259 00:11:25,289 --> 00:11:28,080 Verse 45, "The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. 260 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:29,500 He finds one pearl of great value. 261 00:11:29,699 --> 00:11:33,899 He went and he sold everything that he had and bought it." 262 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:42,309 Now, the reason, right, this is a, a, a good deal is because the pearl is worth 263 00:11:42,309 --> 00:11:44,010 more than everything he sold, right? 264 00:11:44,010 --> 00:11:49,059 Just like the $5 million y- field, you're like, "Okay, that's fine. 265 00:11:49,059 --> 00:11:50,989 I'll, I'll sell all my stuff for the $5 million. 266 00:11:50,989 --> 00:11:51,660 I'll buy the field." 267 00:11:51,709 --> 00:11:53,079 Great, 'cause it's worth... 268 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:53,869 It's a good deal. 269 00:11:53,869 --> 00:11:54,410 It's actually a... 270 00:11:54,739 --> 00:11:55,639 Like, that's a good decision. 271 00:11:56,209 --> 00:11:59,590 No one would tell you, "Oh yeah, that's a, that's a bad financial decision." 272 00:12:00,650 --> 00:12:00,770 Right? 273 00:12:00,770 --> 00:12:02,989 Like, if you had a financial advisor, he might even say, "Yeah, that's a... 274 00:12:03,220 --> 00:12:06,880 Maybe that's a good thing," 'cause your, your, your return 275 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,389 on investment is, is huge. 276 00:12:10,969 --> 00:12:13,739 The treasure is worth more than everything, right? 277 00:12:13,739 --> 00:12:14,929 The cost is super high. 278 00:12:16,079 --> 00:12:17,859 The cost is everything, right? 279 00:12:17,859 --> 00:12:22,450 You remember that, um, scene from Endgame or Infinity War where they ask Thanos, 280 00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:24,009 like, "Hey, what did it cost you?" 281 00:12:24,009 --> 00:12:25,509 And he goes, "Everything." 282 00:12:25,769 --> 00:12:26,069 Right? 283 00:12:26,310 --> 00:12:27,179 That's what I'm thinking right now. 284 00:12:27,649 --> 00:12:30,220 Um, the cost is really high. 285 00:12:30,390 --> 00:12:32,579 The cost to follow Jesus is super high. 286 00:12:33,319 --> 00:12:35,099 Following Jesus costs you everything. 287 00:12:35,710 --> 00:12:38,159 Everything's on the table, right? 288 00:12:38,159 --> 00:12:42,779 There's not any part of your life that you can say, "Jesus, you can do your stuff 289 00:12:42,779 --> 00:12:45,019 with most of my life, but not this part." 290 00:12:46,019 --> 00:12:49,429 Cost is really high, but it's worth it. 291 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,450 The cost is super high, but it's worth it. 292 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,589 And so even though the trade is giving up everything, what you get back is 293 00:12:59,589 --> 00:13:01,249 even better than everything you gave up. 294 00:13:02,229 --> 00:13:07,040 So the second aspect of the right response to the gospel is there's no regrets. 295 00:13:07,630 --> 00:13:08,060 No regrets. 296 00:13:08,060 --> 00:13:08,549 It's worth it. 297 00:13:09,269 --> 00:13:12,429 I really wanted to misspell it and put, "No regerts," and see if anyone noticed. 298 00:13:14,909 --> 00:13:17,459 If you're gonna get a tattoo that says, "No regrets," make 299 00:13:17,459 --> 00:13:19,499 sure it's not, "No regerts." 300 00:13:25,529 --> 00:13:25,729 Speaker 2: What is this? 301 00:13:25,779 --> 00:13:26,319 I, I think I see 302 00:13:27,909 --> 00:13:28,159 Speaker: where it is. 303 00:13:28,159 --> 00:13:31,849 But the whole point is even though the cost is everything, it's worth it. 304 00:13:32,619 --> 00:13:36,800 Even though when you follow Jesus, you're telling Jesus, "Hey, you have 305 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,079 full authority over my life," right? 306 00:13:39,300 --> 00:13:42,789 "Jesus, if you ask me to do anything, you're the boss. 307 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:43,279 I'm not." 308 00:13:45,429 --> 00:13:46,949 Huge cost, right? 309 00:13:48,209 --> 00:13:49,299 But it's worth it. 310 00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:52,139 What you get is worth it. 311 00:13:53,049 --> 00:13:54,749 Um, I don't know if you know who this guy is. 312 00:13:55,799 --> 00:13:57,920 Um- This guy's a lot of money. 313 00:13:59,170 --> 00:14:03,460 But so, um- It's Jordan's dad ... in- Jordan. 314 00:14:03,619 --> 00:14:04,579 Jordan's dad. 315 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:09,029 Um, in 2002- Before you all existed. 316 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:10,609 Um, he was actually... 317 00:14:10,609 --> 00:14:12,229 I don't know if you guys know what PayPal is, but sometimes when 318 00:14:12,229 --> 00:14:14,189 you're trying to pay for something online, you run into PayPal. 319 00:14:14,539 --> 00:14:20,659 He was involved with PayPal, and so he sold his company for $180 million in 2002. 320 00:14:21,279 --> 00:14:21,569 Okay? 321 00:14:21,730 --> 00:14:24,279 So I mean, if you do that, you got enough money for the rest of your life, right? 322 00:14:24,629 --> 00:14:28,129 He could have sold, sold his, his PayPal company and been like, "Great, I'm set. 323 00:14:28,129 --> 00:14:29,109 Don't have to work anymore. 324 00:14:29,140 --> 00:14:29,570 I'm good. 325 00:14:29,929 --> 00:14:31,419 I got all the money I need for the rest of my life." 326 00:14:31,990 --> 00:14:35,240 Um, but instead he, you know, he wanted to, to do other things like 327 00:14:35,339 --> 00:14:37,220 make spaceships and cool cars. 328 00:14:37,660 --> 00:14:41,279 And so he, he starts, you know, he's working on Tesla and SpaceX, right? 329 00:14:41,279 --> 00:14:42,160 Those are his companies. 330 00:14:42,820 --> 00:14:50,669 And by 2008, he's put all of the money from PayPal, $180 million, into these 331 00:14:50,669 --> 00:14:52,629 companies, into Tesla and, and SpaceX. 332 00:14:53,219 --> 00:15:00,669 And by 2008, um, our friend Elon was unable to pay rent because 333 00:15:00,669 --> 00:15:01,879 his companies were doing so bad. 334 00:15:03,129 --> 00:15:06,779 So h- six years, $180 million, gone. 335 00:15:07,969 --> 00:15:14,140 Um, and he, he was borrowing money from friends, like, for groceries and for gas, 336 00:15:14,140 --> 00:15:16,809 like, for living, 'cause his electric car wasn't working, so he had to buy gas. 337 00:15:17,180 --> 00:15:18,750 Um, but... 338 00:15:19,650 --> 00:15:21,140 And both his companies are about to fail. 339 00:15:21,140 --> 00:15:22,979 So people told him, "You can't support both. 340 00:15:22,979 --> 00:15:23,349 You have to... 341 00:15:23,379 --> 00:15:25,360 You gotta, you gotta at least get rid of one." 342 00:15:25,970 --> 00:15:28,440 And he's, like, barely making it. 343 00:15:30,469 --> 00:15:34,110 But he put all of his money, all of his resources into these companies, 344 00:15:34,650 --> 00:15:40,209 and now his net worth is $700 billion. 345 00:15:43,769 --> 00:15:50,419 So his $180 million, PayPal, he gave it all up, right? 346 00:15:50,419 --> 00:15:53,100 He gave up $180 million. 347 00:15:54,289 --> 00:15:54,739 Would any of you... 348 00:15:54,770 --> 00:15:59,699 If, if I said you could have $180 million for sure right now, or maybe 349 00:15:59,699 --> 00:16:02,289 you can have $700 billion later, right? 350 00:16:03,150 --> 00:16:04,390 Some of you would probably just take the 180. 351 00:16:04,390 --> 00:16:06,099 You'd be like, "I'm good with $180 million. 352 00:16:06,170 --> 00:16:06,609 I'm fine. 353 00:16:07,140 --> 00:16:07,429 That's... 354 00:16:07,429 --> 00:16:08,009 Sign me up. 355 00:16:09,109 --> 00:16:10,170 I'm cool with that," right? 356 00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:16,769 But he said, "I'm giving up $180 million," and he didn't know 357 00:16:16,769 --> 00:16:17,490 what was gonna happen, right? 358 00:16:17,490 --> 00:16:17,789 He's... 359 00:16:18,150 --> 00:16:19,260 He can't even buy groceries. 360 00:16:19,999 --> 00:16:23,749 But now he's worth $700 billion, right? 361 00:16:23,940 --> 00:16:27,799 The cost, super high, $180 million. 362 00:16:29,389 --> 00:16:32,530 But the treasure, far better. 363 00:16:33,679 --> 00:16:35,039 That's kinda like following Jesus. 364 00:16:36,470 --> 00:16:39,109 The cost is super high, right? 365 00:16:39,109 --> 00:16:43,729 Following Jesus means you're not in charge of your life anymore, right? 366 00:16:44,909 --> 00:16:45,460 God is. 367 00:16:47,070 --> 00:16:49,290 Right, following Jesus, the cost is very high. 368 00:16:49,649 --> 00:16:51,500 Jesus says, "Take up your cross and follow me." 369 00:16:51,729 --> 00:16:51,899 Right? 370 00:16:51,899 --> 00:16:52,799 "Deny yourself." 371 00:16:53,909 --> 00:16:58,719 Essentially, he's saying, "When you follow me, you and your ambitions 372 00:16:58,719 --> 00:17:00,589 and your dreams, those die." 373 00:17:02,070 --> 00:17:02,629 But guess what? 374 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:04,810 What Jesus has for you is better. 375 00:17:06,304 --> 00:17:08,364 It's better than the dreams you have. 376 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:10,223 It's better than the plan you have for your life. 377 00:17:10,534 --> 00:17:15,013 It's better than what you want your life to look like in 10 years, or the 378 00:17:15,013 --> 00:17:18,044 way you want your career to go, or even the way you want your middle school 379 00:17:18,044 --> 00:17:20,223 or high school or college time to go. 380 00:17:21,174 --> 00:17:27,243 What Jesus has for you is better, even though you might be giving up your dream 381 00:17:28,493 --> 00:17:35,584 college experience or your dream career to follow him, or your current friends 382 00:17:36,734 --> 00:17:41,875 to follow Jesus, or your lifestyle, or that thing you love so much. 383 00:17:44,554 --> 00:17:47,824 It might cost you everything, but everything you give 384 00:17:47,824 --> 00:17:49,044 up for Jesus is worth it. 385 00:17:49,605 --> 00:17:54,595 You're never gonna regret something you gave up to follow Jesus. 386 00:17:55,684 --> 00:17:55,804 Right? 387 00:17:55,804 --> 00:18:03,044 No one in heaven is like, "Man, I'm so disappointed right now. 388 00:18:04,754 --> 00:18:06,814 I'm so disappointed that I did that. 389 00:18:07,994 --> 00:18:14,294 I'm so disappointed that I loved sacrificially instead of being selfish. 390 00:18:16,094 --> 00:18:19,974 I'm so disappointed that I was patient with that person instead of lashing 391 00:18:19,974 --> 00:18:21,594 out and being angry and vengeful." 392 00:18:23,115 --> 00:18:26,254 That's really hard to do, and it might cost you, right? 393 00:18:26,254 --> 00:18:29,724 Maybe that person gets to feel like they're walking all over you because 394 00:18:29,724 --> 00:18:32,945 you're forgiving them and you're turning the other cheek, and it costs 395 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:36,195 you a lot, and maybe people at school think you're weird because you like to 396 00:18:36,195 --> 00:18:37,704 talk about Jesus and share the gospel. 397 00:18:38,305 --> 00:18:42,305 Maybe you have to walk away from some friends, right? 398 00:18:42,305 --> 00:18:45,454 Maybe you have to wake up earlier to read your Bible. 399 00:18:46,954 --> 00:18:51,264 Maybe you have to give up on what you wanted to do with your life. 400 00:18:51,724 --> 00:18:54,415 But you're never gonna get to heaven and say, "That wasn't worth it. 401 00:18:54,474 --> 00:18:55,145 I shouldn't have done that." 402 00:18:57,424 --> 00:18:59,344 You're never gonna ... Like, no one in heaven is even, 403 00:18:59,344 --> 00:19:00,914 like, a tiny bit disappointed. 404 00:19:01,074 --> 00:19:02,574 No one's even underwhelmed in heaven. 405 00:19:03,454 --> 00:19:06,285 Like, "Oh, man, Jesus, I know I, like, followed you my whole life," 406 00:19:06,285 --> 00:19:07,344 and now it's like, "Oh, okay. 407 00:19:08,044 --> 00:19:08,285 Cool." 408 00:19:10,064 --> 00:19:11,384 No one, no one's even saying that. 409 00:19:16,144 --> 00:19:20,975 Now, I'm not saying that following Jesus means you won't make mistakes 410 00:19:20,975 --> 00:19:25,364 and you won't have questions, you won't have doubts, you won't have problems. 411 00:19:26,774 --> 00:19:26,984 Right? 412 00:19:26,984 --> 00:19:33,045 But what I am saying is that Jesus is better than anything 413 00:19:33,045 --> 00:19:35,004 else you could live for. 414 00:19:36,194 --> 00:19:36,395 Right? 415 00:19:36,395 --> 00:19:40,815 The treasure in this parable is Jesus. 416 00:19:42,635 --> 00:19:44,494 The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. 417 00:19:44,774 --> 00:19:47,395 The treasure is, is not a place, right? 418 00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:48,505 It's not, "Oh, I get to go to heaven." 419 00:19:49,314 --> 00:19:53,104 The treasure is not, "Oh, I get to not go to hell." 420 00:19:53,944 --> 00:19:54,064 Right? 421 00:19:54,064 --> 00:19:55,884 Maybe that's why you're, you wanna be a Christian is just, 422 00:19:55,884 --> 00:19:56,485 "I don't wanna go to hell." 423 00:19:57,395 --> 00:19:57,634 Right? 424 00:19:58,034 --> 00:19:59,345 Well, then what's your treasure? 425 00:20:00,544 --> 00:20:03,005 If your Christianity is about you not going to hell, what's your treasure? 426 00:20:03,664 --> 00:20:05,424 You are, 'cause you're doing it for you. 427 00:20:06,244 --> 00:20:07,555 You're trying to protect yourself, 428 00:20:10,034 --> 00:20:10,244 right? 429 00:20:10,244 --> 00:20:12,114 But if your Christianity is about, "I wanna be with Jesus. 430 00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:12,814 I love Jesus. 431 00:20:12,814 --> 00:20:16,034 I need more Jesus," He's your treasure, right? 432 00:20:17,995 --> 00:20:22,644 So, don't make your Christianity about solving your problems or 433 00:20:23,384 --> 00:20:25,754 getting life coach advice from Jesus. 434 00:20:27,594 --> 00:20:32,344 Or, you know, "Oh, I'm sad about something, so I should 435 00:20:32,344 --> 00:20:33,555 trust Jesus, and He'll help me." 436 00:20:33,945 --> 00:20:38,545 He, He will, but don't make it about you, right? 437 00:20:38,545 --> 00:20:42,704 'Cause if, if no hell is your treasure, your Jesus isn't your treasure, right? 438 00:20:43,095 --> 00:20:48,134 So the, the treasure here is, is Jesus, and the point is that He's better, 439 00:20:49,235 --> 00:20:50,794 and what He has for you is better. 440 00:20:55,974 --> 00:20:59,354 And maybe you're thinking, "Well, the world has so much 441 00:20:59,354 --> 00:21:00,294 to offer, though," right? 442 00:21:00,294 --> 00:21:04,365 'Cause like, uh, I, I hate to say this, but I was your age, right? 443 00:21:04,674 --> 00:21:10,315 And I I know what it's like to say, "Well, I wanna try it. 444 00:21:11,284 --> 00:21:13,164 I wanna go to college and do that. 445 00:21:13,964 --> 00:21:18,115 I wanna not be with my parents and, and try to do that," right? 446 00:21:18,204 --> 00:21:19,344 What if it is? 447 00:21:20,624 --> 00:21:21,914 Because maybe you've never gotten to... 448 00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:22,204 Maybe your... 449 00:21:22,204 --> 00:21:24,715 You know, your parents have rules, and, and they're saying, "Oh, well..." 450 00:21:26,664 --> 00:21:30,364 You know, you're like, "Well, if I just tried it, I just wanna see how it is. 451 00:21:30,364 --> 00:21:33,284 Maybe it is better than, than what Jesus says." 452 00:21:35,724 --> 00:21:35,974 There's... 453 00:21:36,144 --> 00:21:38,824 And th- that's why you have us, right? 454 00:21:38,824 --> 00:21:39,804 That's why you have your leaders. 455 00:21:40,335 --> 00:21:43,555 'Cause some, a, a lot of them, right, I think we, uh, we all in some degree 456 00:21:43,555 --> 00:21:45,744 can say we've been there and tried that. 457 00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:50,124 We've done that, and it's not worth it, right? 458 00:21:50,404 --> 00:21:55,085 The world will always leave you dissatisfied. 459 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:58,824 You're always gonna say, "Well, I, I wish I had more of this. 460 00:21:58,865 --> 00:22:00,464 I wish this went differently. 461 00:22:00,744 --> 00:22:02,884 This wasn't as good as I thought it would be." 462 00:22:05,464 --> 00:22:09,055 Even if you embrace your sin and you say, "Man, I get to do all these fun 463 00:22:09,055 --> 00:22:12,365 things and all these great things," you get really happy for, for a little 464 00:22:12,365 --> 00:22:16,324 bit, and then afterward, you're l- you, you're empty, and you want more. 465 00:22:17,074 --> 00:22:18,345 And you're, "Where did it go? 466 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:20,034 Why did, why, why didn't it last?" 467 00:22:22,094 --> 00:22:25,614 And so when you're at your position, it's easy to look forward and say, 468 00:22:25,614 --> 00:22:28,634 "Well, I want that, and I haven't had it yet, and I need to try 469 00:22:28,634 --> 00:22:30,305 it, and I wanna see how it goes." 470 00:22:30,975 --> 00:22:37,244 But ultimately, if, plenty of people, right, have tried what you want to 471 00:22:37,244 --> 00:22:42,214 try, and none of them have found that it's worth it compared to Jesus. 472 00:22:45,644 --> 00:22:49,804 And so the point is that the treasure makes the difference, right? 473 00:22:50,034 --> 00:22:53,854 What you treasure makes it worth it, right? 474 00:22:53,854 --> 00:22:55,804 If you, if you love Jesus, it's worth it. 475 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:57,624 Of course you'll give up anything to follow Him. 476 00:22:59,844 --> 00:23:01,634 So when we think about, when you think about being a Christian, 477 00:23:01,634 --> 00:23:03,614 maybe you think about being a Christian, oh, it's a bunch of rules. 478 00:23:04,014 --> 00:23:05,174 It's a bunch of stuff I have to do. 479 00:23:05,854 --> 00:23:07,035 It's a bunch of things I don't like. 480 00:23:07,684 --> 00:23:08,584 I don't like reading. 481 00:23:09,205 --> 00:23:10,075 I don't like singing. 482 00:23:11,024 --> 00:23:12,094 The Bible's boring. 483 00:23:12,214 --> 00:23:13,084 Jesus is lame. 484 00:23:15,844 --> 00:23:21,634 The point is that that's not, like your, your treasure is in the wrong spot, right? 485 00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:24,424 You're putting your treasure in other things that aren't worth it. 486 00:23:25,724 --> 00:23:26,655 And if you put your... 487 00:23:26,995 --> 00:23:28,714 You, like, you know, in Matthew 6, right? 488 00:23:28,714 --> 00:23:30,745 Your, where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 489 00:23:31,285 --> 00:23:31,484 Right? 490 00:23:31,664 --> 00:23:34,104 What you think is important is a magnet for your heart. 491 00:23:35,584 --> 00:23:41,615 And so when you treasure Jesus, your heart follows that, what you think is important. 492 00:23:41,615 --> 00:23:45,305 You think Jesus is important, your heart follows that, and that's when you end up 493 00:23:45,305 --> 00:23:47,705 satisfied because it makes it worth it. 494 00:23:49,225 --> 00:23:53,245 Now, if you're trying to be a Christian outside in on your own, you're 495 00:23:53,245 --> 00:23:58,024 not gonna like being a Christian 'cause Jesus says, "Deny yourself." 496 00:23:58,655 --> 00:24:00,995 And if you're doing, if you're denying yourself for you, 497 00:24:01,754 --> 00:24:04,004 you won't like that . Right? 498 00:24:04,004 --> 00:24:08,635 If you're trying to be self-controlled and, and put off sin for you, of 499 00:24:08,635 --> 00:24:09,504 course you're not gonna like that. 500 00:24:10,774 --> 00:24:14,995 But if you're doing it for Jesus, then it, it, it makes it worth it 501 00:24:14,995 --> 00:24:18,444 because your self-control, your denying yourself gets you more of him, right? 502 00:24:18,444 --> 00:24:22,034 John the Baptist said, "I decrease, he must increase." 503 00:24:23,265 --> 00:24:23,454 Right? 504 00:24:23,454 --> 00:24:25,634 No one likes that unless they love Jesus. 505 00:24:26,985 --> 00:24:30,735 And so if your Christianity is about you, of course it's hard and you don't like it. 506 00:24:34,704 --> 00:24:38,535 But the last thing I want you to see from this parable is the 507 00:24:38,624 --> 00:24:41,104 attitude we see in verse 44, okay? 508 00:24:41,134 --> 00:24:42,204 First, first one, right? 509 00:24:42,204 --> 00:24:44,145 "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. 510 00:24:44,145 --> 00:24:45,204 A man found it and covered it up. 511 00:24:45,235 --> 00:24:49,964 Then, in his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field." 512 00:24:50,255 --> 00:24:50,364 Right? 513 00:24:50,364 --> 00:24:52,434 I just talked for a bit about how Christianity is hard and 514 00:24:52,434 --> 00:24:54,405 it costs everything, and maybe you're like, "Doesn't sound fun." 515 00:24:56,344 --> 00:24:59,924 Well, this guy thinks it's the best thing ever, right? 516 00:24:59,954 --> 00:25:02,424 He's not like, "Man, I'm gonna really miss all my stuff. 517 00:25:03,174 --> 00:25:03,985 I'm so sad." 518 00:25:04,134 --> 00:25:08,045 He's not walking over to buy the field like, "Oh my goodness, I have to do this. 519 00:25:08,554 --> 00:25:09,455 I have to give up everything. 520 00:25:09,455 --> 00:25:09,694 I'm so..." 521 00:25:09,694 --> 00:25:12,124 He's not like over there crying about all the stuff he'd lost, and he's 522 00:25:12,124 --> 00:25:16,575 like, not like, "Oh, I really miss, you know, my whatever, my, my e-bike 523 00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:18,034 that I sold to buy the field," right? 524 00:25:18,034 --> 00:25:19,534 He's not like, "Oh, my goodness." 525 00:25:21,504 --> 00:25:22,424 He's excited. 526 00:25:22,424 --> 00:25:23,334 He's like, "I get to... 527 00:25:23,404 --> 00:25:25,524 I just sold everything, and I get the best thing ever. 528 00:25:25,924 --> 00:25:27,574 I'm so happy I get to do this." 529 00:25:27,834 --> 00:25:27,974 Right? 530 00:25:27,974 --> 00:25:28,735 He's smiling. 531 00:25:28,804 --> 00:25:29,315 He's singing. 532 00:25:29,315 --> 00:25:29,994 He's skipping, right? 533 00:25:29,994 --> 00:25:33,084 He's, he's on his way to buy the field like you are leaving 534 00:25:33,084 --> 00:25:34,094 school this week, right? 535 00:25:34,094 --> 00:25:35,074 You're like, "I'm done. 536 00:25:35,074 --> 00:25:35,794 I'm free. 537 00:25:35,794 --> 00:25:36,464 I'm gone. 538 00:25:36,464 --> 00:25:37,205 See you later." 539 00:25:37,695 --> 00:25:37,885 Right? 540 00:25:37,885 --> 00:25:39,974 Especially Carly, 'cause she's like, "Peace out. 541 00:25:40,465 --> 00:25:41,205 I'm a senior." 542 00:25:41,525 --> 00:25:42,394 Which we'll miss you, Carly. 543 00:25:42,435 --> 00:25:43,705 We love you, and we'll miss you a lot. 544 00:25:44,334 --> 00:25:48,365 Um, but this guy is excited, right? 545 00:25:48,365 --> 00:25:53,835 His, his journey to buy this field is not like, "Oh, great. 546 00:25:53,865 --> 00:25:54,624 I gotta do this. 547 00:25:55,094 --> 00:25:56,835 But you know, it's good for me, so I really have to." 548 00:25:57,989 --> 00:26:02,019 So the last thing I want you to see about following Jesus and responding to 549 00:26:02,019 --> 00:26:03,619 the gospel is there, it's not reluctant. 550 00:26:03,979 --> 00:26:05,120 You guys know what reluctance is, right? 551 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:06,320 It's like when you don't wanna do something. 552 00:26:08,319 --> 00:26:09,459 No reluctance. 553 00:26:11,489 --> 00:26:14,119 Um, I did something very reluctantly recently. 554 00:26:14,849 --> 00:26:19,320 Um, so Shay was like, "You know, you need to eat healthy stuff, 555 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,620 you need to, you know, be, eat things that are good for you. 556 00:26:22,019 --> 00:26:25,120 So I'm gonna try to help you like fish, 'cause fish is supposed 557 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:25,799 to be like good for you." 558 00:26:26,169 --> 00:26:26,899 I don't like fish. 559 00:26:26,929 --> 00:26:27,439 I hate fish. 560 00:26:27,970 --> 00:26:28,429 Um- You do? 561 00:26:28,559 --> 00:26:30,939 It's awesome ... I don't like seafood. 562 00:26:31,659 --> 00:26:33,130 I, uh- What? 563 00:26:33,179 --> 00:26:35,030 Oh, yes ... don't like sushi. 564 00:26:35,679 --> 00:26:35,769 What? 565 00:26:35,919 --> 00:26:36,169 Oh. 566 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:37,679 Oh. 567 00:26:37,710 --> 00:26:38,319 You're Japanese. 568 00:26:38,599 --> 00:26:38,970 I know. 569 00:26:38,970 --> 00:26:43,689 I'm only half Japanese, though, but- Sushi's good ... I don't like seafood. 570 00:26:43,689 --> 00:26:44,480 I just, I've tried it. 571 00:26:45,309 --> 00:26:47,259 Uh, my favorite sushi that I tried was eel. 572 00:26:47,259 --> 00:26:47,969 You haven't had any fish. 573 00:26:47,969 --> 00:26:50,469 But, um, I don't like fish. 574 00:26:50,469 --> 00:26:50,660 Wait. 575 00:26:50,660 --> 00:26:51,530 So anyway. 576 00:26:51,530 --> 00:26:53,379 There's awesome sushi. 577 00:26:54,099 --> 00:26:54,660 I, uh... 578 00:26:54,660 --> 00:26:57,739 So she was like, "Okay, I'm gonna, you know, I'm gonna make it, and I'm just 579 00:26:57,739 --> 00:26:58,840 gonna, we're gonna see if you like it." 580 00:26:59,009 --> 00:26:59,769 And I was like, "Okay, fine. 581 00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:00,570 I'll do it." 582 00:27:00,899 --> 00:27:04,629 And so she, uh, she made fish tacos 'cause, you know, that way it's not 583 00:27:04,669 --> 00:27:06,149 as like fishy, you know, whatever. 584 00:27:06,149 --> 00:27:06,939 And it was a good idea. 585 00:27:07,329 --> 00:27:09,329 And, um, I ate it. 586 00:27:09,460 --> 00:27:10,269 I ate the fish taco. 587 00:27:11,090 --> 00:27:14,359 Um, but I was not enjoying the fish taco, right? 588 00:27:14,410 --> 00:27:16,430 I was reluctantly eating it. 589 00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:19,379 And I, I did it 'cause I was like, "It's good for me. 590 00:27:19,689 --> 00:27:20,430 I love my wife. 591 00:27:20,460 --> 00:27:21,099 She made this. 592 00:27:21,099 --> 00:27:21,960 I'm gonna do it," right? 593 00:27:22,530 --> 00:27:26,750 Um, so I did it very reluctantly, right? 594 00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:31,309 But, and there's a meal I had recently that I didn't eat reluctantly. 595 00:27:31,369 --> 00:27:32,939 I, I savored it, right? 596 00:27:32,970 --> 00:27:34,489 I, I enjoyed every bite. 597 00:27:34,549 --> 00:27:37,530 Um, we were with Shay's parents and they're super generous. 598 00:27:37,530 --> 00:27:40,220 They took us to this really fancy steakhouse, right? 599 00:27:40,689 --> 00:27:43,659 And we got to eat, you know, this isn't a, this isn't a picture of the actual steak 600 00:27:43,659 --> 00:27:45,189 I ate, but we got to eat stuff like this. 601 00:27:45,189 --> 00:27:46,960 You know, and it's so good, right? 602 00:27:47,250 --> 00:27:50,030 The flavor and it was perfect. 603 00:27:50,290 --> 00:27:52,040 They cooked it perfectly, the seasoning, right? 604 00:27:52,430 --> 00:27:55,559 I'm just gonna show you more pictures of stuff to make you feel hungry, right? 605 00:27:56,159 --> 00:27:57,530 It was delicious. 606 00:27:57,530 --> 00:27:58,280 Why are you doing this? 607 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:58,629 Right? 608 00:27:58,629 --> 00:27:59,570 So good. 609 00:28:00,909 --> 00:28:01,460 Oh, yes. 610 00:28:01,809 --> 00:28:01,949 Right? 611 00:28:01,949 --> 00:28:04,049 I wasn't like, "Oh, okay, I gotta eat. 612 00:28:04,140 --> 00:28:05,290 I, I guess. 613 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,879 You know, I, I guess if you bring this out, I'll eat it," right? 614 00:28:07,879 --> 00:28:09,089 "Maybe I'll have some," right? 615 00:28:09,449 --> 00:28:10,919 No reluctance on my part. 616 00:28:11,169 --> 00:28:12,439 I'm, I'm excited. 617 00:28:12,439 --> 00:28:13,839 I'm like, "Okay, when are we eating?" 618 00:28:13,869 --> 00:28:17,040 I like, made sure I ate a light lunch so I could eat more steak, right? 619 00:28:17,409 --> 00:28:20,180 Um, I'm excited about this and I'm enjoying it. 620 00:28:20,180 --> 00:28:23,779 I'm like, I'm like sad that I'm eating it because that means it's going away. 621 00:28:23,810 --> 00:28:24,480 You know what I mean? 622 00:28:24,810 --> 00:28:27,170 Like, I was very excited, right? 623 00:28:27,170 --> 00:28:29,079 Enjoying it, savoring it, right? 624 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,680 Going slow, and then luckily Shay didn't finish hers, so I was 625 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,090 like, "I get to have even more. 626 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:35,420 This is great." 627 00:28:35,739 --> 00:28:36,760 It was awesome, right? 628 00:28:37,189 --> 00:28:38,639 Um, here's some more, right? 629 00:28:38,639 --> 00:28:38,980 Isn't it so good? 630 00:28:38,980 --> 00:28:39,510 So good. 631 00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:41,159 Like, can't you just like taste it? 632 00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:41,989 It's so good. 633 00:28:42,469 --> 00:28:42,859 Um, 634 00:28:45,169 --> 00:28:50,979 I don't want your Christianity to be like me eating a fish taco, right? 635 00:28:52,049 --> 00:28:53,689 And Jesus doesn't want that for you either. 636 00:28:54,559 --> 00:29:01,119 Jesus says following him- Even though it's really hard, is joyful. 637 00:29:02,410 --> 00:29:06,979 It's not like eating a fish taco, it's like eating a steak, right? 638 00:29:06,979 --> 00:29:11,950 You, your relationship with Jesus shouldn't feel like all the time 639 00:29:11,990 --> 00:29:16,149 I'm just eating my stuff I don't like because I have to, right? 640 00:29:16,459 --> 00:29:19,959 Jesus wants you to savor Him, right? 641 00:29:19,959 --> 00:29:21,520 To enjoy Him. 642 00:29:22,039 --> 00:29:22,569 That's the point. 643 00:29:23,770 --> 00:29:26,680 The point is your response to the treasure is joy. 644 00:29:27,990 --> 00:29:30,949 Your response to the treasure isn't, "Oh, I guess I have to do this, 645 00:29:31,499 --> 00:29:32,789 guess I have to follow Jesus." 646 00:29:33,519 --> 00:29:36,330 Jesus is saying the response to the gospel is this guy is excited. 647 00:29:36,330 --> 00:29:36,999 He's thrilled. 648 00:29:37,339 --> 00:29:39,309 He's so happy he, he gets this treasure. 649 00:29:41,409 --> 00:29:41,579 Right? 650 00:29:41,579 --> 00:29:42,269 He, he wants... 651 00:29:42,299 --> 00:29:44,439 If there was another treasure, he'd buy that one, too, right? 652 00:29:44,490 --> 00:29:46,299 He, he's so excited about it. 653 00:29:49,139 --> 00:29:53,179 Now, what I'm not saying is that being a Christian means you feel happy 654 00:29:53,179 --> 00:29:54,540 all the time and you never feel sad. 655 00:29:55,549 --> 00:29:56,329 That's not what I'm saying. 656 00:29:57,399 --> 00:29:59,840 I'm not saying that you never need to use self-control. 657 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,809 I'm never saying that obeying Jesus always comes easily and naturally 658 00:30:02,809 --> 00:30:04,290 to you when you become a Christian. 659 00:30:05,779 --> 00:30:11,679 But what I am saying is that basic Christianity is being 660 00:30:11,679 --> 00:30:13,199 super excited about Jesus. 661 00:30:13,939 --> 00:30:18,060 That's not for your leaders, that's not for the super spiritual people, that's not 662 00:30:18,060 --> 00:30:21,650 for, you know, s- the pastors or whatever. 663 00:30:22,970 --> 00:30:24,670 That's for ev- every Christian. 664 00:30:25,429 --> 00:30:29,880 There's, there's no tiers in this Christianity thing where it's like, well, 665 00:30:30,049 --> 00:30:33,019 freshman Christianity, you just kinda do it and you don't like it but you have to. 666 00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:37,030 And then, like, JV Christianity, you kinda like it most of the time. 667 00:30:37,290 --> 00:30:39,249 And then varsity Christianity, you're, like, really excited 668 00:30:39,249 --> 00:30:40,290 about Jesus and on fire. 669 00:30:41,269 --> 00:30:41,819 That's not a thing. 670 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:48,679 Like, level one Christianity is Jesus is the most awesome person ever, and 671 00:30:48,679 --> 00:30:50,459 I love Him, and I wanna be with Him. 672 00:30:51,420 --> 00:30:53,060 That's, like, level one Christianity. 673 00:30:56,219 --> 00:30:56,449 Right? 674 00:30:56,449 --> 00:30:59,249 That's what Christianity is really about, right? 675 00:30:59,249 --> 00:31:00,370 It's about a person. 676 00:31:01,879 --> 00:31:03,520 It's about getting Jesus, right? 677 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,810 And maybe when you think about all the things that Christians do, 678 00:31:06,810 --> 00:31:09,879 maybe you've never connected that to, "This is how I get Jesus." 679 00:31:10,779 --> 00:31:13,049 That's why when we talk about reading the Bible, right? 680 00:31:13,049 --> 00:31:16,209 Pastor PJ's doing this whole series about the Bible in the summer. 681 00:31:16,209 --> 00:31:17,310 Why do we care so much about the Bible? 682 00:31:17,310 --> 00:31:19,390 This is old books, hard to read, doesn't make sense sometimes. 683 00:31:19,730 --> 00:31:20,330 What do I do? 684 00:31:20,330 --> 00:31:20,420 I... 685 00:31:20,420 --> 00:31:21,449 What does it have to do with Jesus? 686 00:31:21,449 --> 00:31:24,840 Well, the point is the Bible is how you get to know Jesus. 687 00:31:26,209 --> 00:31:27,680 Jesus is talking to you. 688 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:28,570 This is how you hear Him. 689 00:31:28,570 --> 00:31:31,239 This is how you get to t- to hear what He's like and, and see what 690 00:31:31,239 --> 00:31:35,959 He does and that's the whole point of the Bible, is to get Jesus. 691 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:40,119 It's not just so you can get smart or impress people or do some things 692 00:31:40,119 --> 00:31:41,730 and, and be good enough for God. 693 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,559 The point of the Bible is to get God, not to perform something for God. 694 00:31:46,009 --> 00:31:47,270 Same with prayer, right? 695 00:31:47,270 --> 00:31:49,919 I was talking with, uh, one of you earlier this week, and we were 696 00:31:49,919 --> 00:31:52,989 talking about how prayer is not about getting things from God. 697 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,380 Prayer is about getting God. 698 00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:56,759 You get to talk with God. 699 00:31:57,759 --> 00:32:00,019 You get to enjoy your relationship with him. 700 00:32:00,049 --> 00:32:01,089 That's the point of prayer. 701 00:32:01,789 --> 00:32:05,189 It's not just about, "Oh, well, God, do this stuff for me, please." 702 00:32:06,029 --> 00:32:07,160 'Cause then it's about you, right? 703 00:32:08,969 --> 00:32:11,879 So your relationship with God isn't really like, "Oh, yeah, this is for me." 704 00:32:12,799 --> 00:32:13,799 It's for God. 705 00:32:13,799 --> 00:32:15,100 You just wanna be with God, right? 706 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:19,750 Just like someone you really love, like a f- a, a really good friend that you love. 707 00:32:21,559 --> 00:32:23,899 You're not hanging out with them for you. 708 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:25,379 You just wanna be with them. 709 00:32:25,529 --> 00:32:27,160 You're like, "I, I really like this guy," or, "like this girl. 710 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:27,469 I just wanna... 711 00:32:27,799 --> 00:32:28,840 I just like hanging out with them. 712 00:32:29,719 --> 00:32:30,699 I enjoy their company." 713 00:32:33,249 --> 00:32:36,379 So responding to the gospel, right? 714 00:32:36,379 --> 00:32:36,890 We talk about... 715 00:32:36,890 --> 00:32:38,689 Maybe y- you think about repentance and faith, right? 716 00:32:38,689 --> 00:32:39,309 That's what you hear. 717 00:32:39,649 --> 00:32:40,999 Oh, how do you respond to the gospel? 718 00:32:41,129 --> 00:32:41,900 You repent and believe. 719 00:32:42,129 --> 00:32:43,259 Maybe that's what you've heard your whole life. 720 00:32:43,569 --> 00:32:44,239 Tr- it's true. 721 00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:51,619 But repenting and believing is not a eating fish tacos experience. 722 00:32:52,689 --> 00:32:52,820 All right? 723 00:32:52,820 --> 00:32:55,400 Repenting and believing is a eating steak experience. 724 00:32:56,259 --> 00:32:56,429 Right? 725 00:32:56,429 --> 00:33:00,310 Turning from sin, it's really hard, but it's so worth it, right? 726 00:33:00,310 --> 00:33:03,670 And trusting Jesus is not just trusting Jesus to get what you want, 727 00:33:04,089 --> 00:33:05,409 it's trusting Jesus to get God. 728 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:06,830 That's the whole point. 729 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:07,379 Right? 730 00:33:07,379 --> 00:33:10,830 The point of being forgiven is not so you can be forgiven of your sin, right? 731 00:33:10,830 --> 00:33:13,679 The point of y- being justified, like we talk about in Romans, 732 00:33:14,069 --> 00:33:15,639 isn't just so you can be justified. 733 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,150 The point is, you get God, 'cause now th- your barrier between 734 00:33:20,150 --> 00:33:22,859 you and God is, is away, right? 735 00:33:22,859 --> 00:33:24,569 Jesus took away your sin, your guilt. 736 00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,440 He removed God's wrath from you. 737 00:33:26,889 --> 00:33:29,109 Before, God was opposed to you, so you couldn't get God. 738 00:33:29,539 --> 00:33:31,670 Now, Jesus takes away your sin. 739 00:33:31,670 --> 00:33:34,010 Now God is for you, so you get to enjoy God. 740 00:33:34,549 --> 00:33:35,100 That's the point. 741 00:33:35,940 --> 00:33:39,210 So the point of all of this, all of this stuff is you get God. 742 00:33:40,449 --> 00:33:43,240 And as a Christian, that's the point of all the Christian things you do, right? 743 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:44,180 That's why we sing songs. 744 00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:45,369 That's why we read the Bible. 745 00:33:45,369 --> 00:33:45,939 That's why we pray. 746 00:33:45,939 --> 00:33:46,659 That's why we serve. 747 00:33:46,979 --> 00:33:49,540 It's to get more of God, 'cause He's the treasure. 748 00:33:50,439 --> 00:33:52,140 So let's pray, and we'll talk about that more in small groups. 749 00:33:56,559 --> 00:34:00,820 God, you are better than everything and anything. 750 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,899 And I know it's hard to believe sometimes because we can't see you. 751 00:34:05,439 --> 00:34:06,379 We can't touch you. 752 00:34:07,030 --> 00:34:10,860 Um, you don't audibly speak to us very often. 753 00:34:11,579 --> 00:34:15,060 Um, and so I pray that you help us to, um, feel that you're real. 754 00:34:15,839 --> 00:34:20,800 I hope that you h- I pray that you help us to, um, believe what you say. 755 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:26,889 I pray that you help us to not just know facts about you, but to experience 756 00:34:27,580 --> 00:34:29,400 the things that you talk about, right? 757 00:34:29,438 --> 00:34:33,188 And when we read your Word, we see people who are really excited about you, 758 00:34:33,339 --> 00:34:37,188 really happy about you, and enjoying you. 759 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:42,739 And so I pray that you help us to, um, walk those same paths, to, um, enjoy 760 00:34:42,739 --> 00:34:48,014 you and to treasure you and to love you We pray this in Jesus' name, amen.